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Washington/Greene County is sending 13 teams to the WPIAL soccer playoffs. Included in the brackets, Top 5 seeds for Bentworth (1A Boys #1, 1A Girls #5), Peters Township (4A Girls #2, 4A Boys #3) and Trinity (3A Boys #4).  Preliminary round action is slated to begin Thursday for brackets with more than 16 teams. First round play is set for Saturday. Click for WPIAL brackets

Thursday, Oct. 22 (Preliminary Round)
2A Boys #20 Charleroi at #13 Ambridge, 7 pm

Saturday, Oct. 24 (1st Round)
3A Boys #4 Trinity hosting #13 Latrobe, 1 pm
3A Boys #11 Ringgold at #6 Central Valley, 3 pm
1A Boys #11 Chartiers-Houston vs. #6 Riverview, 3 pm at Springdale HS
4A Girls #7 Canon-McMillan hosting #10 Armstrong, 1 pm
2A Girls #12 Waynesburg at #5 Central Valley, 1 pm

Monday, Oct. 26, First Round
4A Boys #10 Canon-McMillan at #7 Pine-Richland, 7 pm
1A Girls #10 Chartiers-Houston vs. #7 Eden Christian Academy, 6 pm at North Allegheny
1A Girls #16 Beth-Center vs. #1 Sewickley Academy, 6 pm at Peters Township
1A Girls #5 Bentworth vs. #12 Aquinas Academy, 8 pm at Peters Township

First Round Byes
4A Boys #3 Peters Township (to quarterfinals, Thursday, Oct. 29)
1A Boys #1 Bentworth (to quarterfinals, Wednesday, Oct. 28)
4A Girls #2 Peters Township to quarterfinals, Wednesday, Oct. 28)

Girls volleyball was expanded to six classifications by the PIAA, starting with this season. The regular season ends Thursday with the WPIAL committee scheduled to meet Friday to set the brackets. Canon-McMillan (6A), Peters Township & Trinity (5A), Waynesburg, McGuffey & Chartiers-Houston (3A), Fort Cherry, Wash High, Bentworth, Beth-Center & California (2A) have all clinched post-season berths. Ringgold (4A), Jeff-Morgan & Carmichaels (2A) are still alive, pending their final matches. Each qualifies with a win. Once brackets are posted, we’ll list the match-ups here.

NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league welcomes an investigation into the Philadelphia Eagles’ handling of Jalen Hurts’ blood clots after the players’ union asked for one. Goodell said Wednesday that the league’s chief medical officer has gone through the steps that were followed and added that the union had a right to call for a review. Dr. Allen Sills on Tuesday offered a passionate defense of the Eagles medical staff. The NFL said officials were in touch with team doctors and trainers, as well as the Cleveland Clinic in London, where the Eagles were playing the Jaguars on Oct. 11. Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the season after a blood clot in his calf traveled to his lungs.

ATLANTA (AP) — Angel Reese had 21 points and 12 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 on Wednesday night and take a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals. Rhyne Howard added 16 points and Naz Hillmon had 15 for the Dream, who host Game 4 on Saturday. It was the second straight strong game for Reese, who had 30 points and 16 rebounds in Game 2, which the Dream also won. With the game tied at 49 in the third quarter, Atlanta scored eight straight, including four by Reese. Atlanta closed the quarter scoring 12 of the final 14 points.